WSR 97-03-031
INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
[Filed January 9, 1997, 12:50 p.m.]
Document Title: DSHS Administrative Policy 6.16.
Subject: DSHS Employees - Foster Care Licensing and Adoption Certification.
Effective Date: October 25, 1996.
Document Description: The document outlines conditions under which the Department of Social and Health Services employees may be licensed as foster parents or certified as adoptive parents. It requires that all the Department of Social and Health Services employees seeking or possessing a family foster home license must obtain that license by certification through a private child-placing agency. Employees seeking certification for adoption may apply through the department or a private agency.
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statement, contact Art Cantrall, Mailstop 45710, P.O. Box 45710, Olympia, WA 98504-5710, phone (360) 902-7956, TDD (360) 902-7906, FAX (360) 902-7903, e-mail CANA300@dshs.wa.gov.
December 26, 1996
Jennifer Strus